Maynard Amerine was a former University of California enologist and was one of the pioneers of California's wine industry. He was raised in Modesto where he attended grammar and high school before graduating from the University of California as a plant science major in 1931. He immediately began pursuing a Ph.D. in plant physiology under the guidance of scientists Hoagland and Davis. After finishing his thesis, he accepted a job at UC Davis who had a vacant position open in the Fruit Products and Viticulture divisions. Amerine witnessed the post-Repeal wine industry and the post-war viticulture and enology department developments as well as how the University approached the wine and grape industry. In this interview Amerine discusses his education and early research, UC Davis, wine judgings, new wine types, the California brandy industry, state and federal wine standards, teaching and writing, markets and quality, advances in technology and materials, the place of the University in the wine industry, the San Joaquin Valley, influential wine industry individuals, foundation grants and sabbaticals and University individuals as consultants. Appendices include a list of publications and an article on wine. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting the California wine industry.